Rope or strap quick attaching and detaching device



y L. DUSSART.

ROPE 0R SIRAP QUICK ATTACHING AND DETACHING DEVICE. APPLICATION mm Auazs. 1919.

1,333,582. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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Application, filed August 25,

To all whom it may concern Be. it known that I, Louis DUSSART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kincaid, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rope or Strap Quick Attaching and Detaching Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved quick attaching and detaching device for ropes and straps and the like, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, improved and practical device of this kind, which may be manufactured for a smallcost and sold at a reasonable profit.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide improved means for attaching the strap or rope securely to the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a quick attaching and detaching device having improved means, whereby the device may be quickly detached or attached to a stationary object, ring, bar or other object.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind comprising a conical hollow member, the smaller end of which bein ada ted to receive the stra a in com-.

bination with means for wedging the strap tightly in position.

'The invention further aims to provide a conical hollow member, which is attached to the strap or rope or similar article having a notch in the marginal edge of one end of the member, withwhich the forked end of an arm engages, there being a rivet passing through the forks and the wall of the hollow member, to secure the arm in place.

lVhile the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth are deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a' result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible to changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed, 5

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: 1 Figure 1 1s a View in perspect1ve of the improved connector or quick detaching device, as applied to a strap or other similar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mai-.9, i920.

1919. Serial no. 319,591. I

strand, and showing the arched connector of the t v0 arms 11 closed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same, showing the details of construction of the connector and the overhanging arm and the spring member, and

showing themeans for securing a strap in the conical hollow connector.

Fig. 3 discloses: adetail view of a portion of the walllof the conical member showing the notch therein, and the lower forked end of the overhanging arm, showing the forkedv notched wall of end about to straddle the the conical member.

Fig. a is a longitudinal sectional view through the conicalmeniber showing another manner for fastening the strap.

Fig; 5 is a longltudinal' sectional View through the conical member, showing the arms 11, and illustrating the arched connector, which is carried by the arms, open.

Referring more especially tothe drawings 1 designates a conical hollow member into wvhich the split end of a strap or the like2 is arranged. The split parts 3 are separated, and engaging between said parts is a wedge member 4, thereby spreading the parts in contact with the conical member,

that is at diametrically opposite points.

The ends of the severed or split parts are folded as shown at 3 in Fig. 2 with the wedgemember therebetween, or the ends of the split parts'overlie the larger end of the wedge l, and are secured to the wedge in any suitable manner as indicated at 5, in Fig. 4, say for instance, by means of screws." However, the ends of the parts 5 may be allowed to remain free and unattached.

In Fig. 5, the conical hollow.mem*ber is shown as attached to the end of a. rope. This is accomplished by forming an enlargecally opposite parts is provided with notches S. Engaging the crotches of the notches S are the crotches'- 9 between the forks 10,

which are formed upon the corresponding ends of the arms 11. These arms project from diametrically opposite portions of the larger end of the conical hollow member, and are arranged in parallelism. Suitable securing means, preferably rivets 12,though not necessarily, pass through the forks and through the Wall of the conical hollow member, thereby securing the parallel arms 11 in position.

The outer ends of the arms 11 have bifurcations l3 and 14, and 15 denotes an arched connector, which, as, shown, connects the outer ends of the two arms 11. The opposite ends of the arched connector 15 are provided With reduced extensions 16 and 17. The reduced extension 16 is pivotallymounted upon a pin 8, Which is positioned through the forks 19, which are caused to be formed by the bifurcation 13. The arched connector 15 is capable of pivotal movement, when its other end is detached from one of the arms 11. A spring 20' is fastened to one of thearms 11 and overlies the joint between the arched connector and one of the arms 11 and bearsagainst said connector, holding the same in' a closed position, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Pivotally mounted at 21 between the lugs which are carried by one of the arms 11 is a latch 23, which has pivoted to one end thereof as at 24, a locking bolt 25. bolt extends through the registering apertures 26 of the for s 27 which are caused to be formedfby the bifurcation 14-. The bolt-25 also protrudes through the opening 28 of the reduced extension 1? of the arched connector 15, thereby holding the connector closed, and connecting or bridging from one arm 11 to the other An expansion spring 29 is interposed between one end of the latch. The latch 23 is pivoted between the lugs :22 and proportioned so that when the spring tensioned end is depressed, the latch will be limited by the spring tension- :ing means, so as to prevent the locking bolt or p1n'25 from belng \vlthdrawn entirely from one of the forks 27, that is the fork This nearest the latch. By this construction of connector mounted upon the arms, it will be seen that the rope or strap quick attaclr.

ingor detaching device canbe easily and qulckly connected or disconnected from a ring, clevls or other device.

The invention having been set forth, What is claimed as new and useful is:

Q 1. In a fastener of the kind set forth, the combination wlth a socket member and a pliable strand secured in said member, a palr of arms secured to one end of said member at diametrically opposite polnts, an

arched connector having a sprmg tensioned' pivotal connection at one end of one of said arms, one end of said connector having an extension, the other arm having a bifuiy (rated endto receive said extension of the connector, said other arm having forks caused to be formed by the bifurcation, said forks having opposite registering openings, 7

having marginal notches, of a pair of arms bifurcated to straddle the Wall of the socket member, whereby the crotches of the bi furcations may engage the diametrically opposite notches, means passing through the forks caused to be formed by the bifurcations and through the all of the socket member to secure the: arms in place, a con nector carried by one end of one of the arms, and means for detachably connecting the connector to one end of the other arm. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

LOUIS nussan ri 

